Relationship between coping style and social relational quality in patients with thyroid carcinoma

Objective To investigate the coping style and social relational quality of patients with thyroid carcinoma, and analyze the relationship between them, so as to provide a new perspective to improve the coping style of patients with thyroid carcinoma. Methods 311 patients with thyroid carcinoma were surveyed by the Social Relational Quality Scale and the Medical Coping Style Questionnaire (Chinese version). The level of coping style was compared among the patients with different clinical features, and the pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were used to explore the relationship between coping style and social relational quality of patients with thyroid carcinoma. Results The scores of facing, yield and avoidance in the coping style were (18.96±2.54), (13.15±1.48) and (17.76±2.23), respectively. The scores of social relationship of family intimacy, family responsibility and friendship were (20.47±2.61), (15.22±2.22) and (14.75±2.03), respectively. The total score of social relational quality was (50.44±5.51). The score of facing was positively correlated with the total score and the each dimension score of social relational quality (P<0.05). The scores of yield and avoidance were negatively correlated with the total score and the each dimension score of social relational quality (P<0.05). The differences of coping style in the patients with different family income, model of payment, course of disease and lymph node metastasis were significant (P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the family income, payment method, lymph node metastasis and social relational quality were the predictors of coping style of patients with thyroid carcinoma(P<0.05). Conclusions The coping style was significantly correlated with social relational quality in patients with thyroid carcinoma. We should improve the coping style by improving the social relational quality. Key words: Thyroid carcinoma; Coping style; Social relational quality; Correlation